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DICT_LOOKUP(1) DICT_LOOKUP(1)

dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client

dict_lookuop [options]

dict_lookup reads X selection, then open terminal emulator and run dict client in it allowing user to view content using pager. It makes sense to configure launching dict_lookup on a keyboard shortcut in the window manager.

display help message.
X coordinate of terminal emulator.
Y coordinate of terminal emulator.
width and height of terminal emulator separated by 'x'.
query, if it is specified, X selection is not read.

dict_lookup recognizes the following environment variables. The default value is specified in square brackets.

AWK interpreter to use. [awk]
xclip application. [xclip]
xterm or equivalent terminal emulator. [xterm]
UTF-8 locale. [first available UTF-8 locale on system]
Dictionary client program. [dict]
Option for dictionary client specifying the server. [-h dict.org]
Option for dictionary client specifying the port. [-p 2628]
Option for dictionary client specifying the database. [-d foldoc]
Option for terminal emulator specifying the class. [-class XTerm]
Option for terminal emulator specifying the name. [-name xterm_dict]
Option for terminal emulator specifying the title. [-title dict_lookup]
Program calculating text width for given text. [cyrillic_text_width]
cyrillic_text_width doesn't work correctly for Japanese, Korean, Chinese and some other languages.
Terminal emulator X coordinate. [+200]
Terminal emulator Y coordinate. [+200]
Terminal emulator height. [+40]
Pager. [less -R]

dict(1), less(1), xterm(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229

9 January 2011